CBSA Government Uniforms Spotted In Vancouver Dumpster

The Canada Border Services Agency is investigating how a box of government uniforms got left in a dumpster, after they were discovered by a Vancouver blogger.

Stanley Q. Woodbine, a writer and graphic designer who is homeless, wrote about finding the navy blue shirts branded with CBSA patches behind an apartment building:

"Nice shirts — button-down collars, heavy-weight fabric — each with two large gusseted pockets. I think all of them had been worn, but they were all in great condition, so far as I could tell — and clean."

Uniforms and badges are issued to CBSA officers to use exclusively in their official duties, the agency said in a statement to Global News. Uniforms can be discarded only after all agency identification is removed, according to CBSA policy.

The CBSA contacted Woodvine, who wrote a follow-up blog: "Having it known the shirts ended up in public garbage where anyone could, and may have, grabbed them has the potential to erode the trust we have in all uniforms."

A CBSA spokesman said that the uniforms, which had no serial numbers, have not been recovered.